ADJUST – Automatic Decision making and JUSTice: AI, court actors and the right to a fair trial

This project investigates the use of automatic systems and artificial intelligence in the administration of justice. It focuses in particular on the impact new technologies on the relationships of trust and shared notions of good practice in the administration of justice between judges and other court staff such as court clerks.

This Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action investigates the around 100 automatic systems that are planned or already in use in courts worldwide, conducting tasks from menial transcriptions to complex matters such as suggesting relevant precedent or estimating the risk of recidivism.

The project investigates these systems considering concerns such as efficiency of justice, the right to a fair trial and the impact of such systens on the relationships of trust and shared notions of justice and good adjudication practices between judges and other court staff.

Methodologically the project includes a general and quantitative part investigating AI systems employed in courts in general, and a thicker comparative analysis of the European Court of Human Rights, the Danish- and Italian judicial systems.